diff --git a/parted-1.8.8-dospartrec.patch b/parted-1.8.8-dospartrec.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3e374f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parted-1.8.8-dospartrec.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/libparted/labels/dos.c b/libparted/labels/dos.c
+index e513a05..81d8600 100644
+--- a/libparted/labels/dos.c
++++ b/libparted/labels/dos.c
+@@ -192,14 +192,16 @@ msdos_probe (const PedDevice *dev)
+ 	if (PED_LE16_TO_CPU (part_table->magic) != MSDOS_MAGIC)
+ 		goto probe_fail;
+ 
+-	/* if this is a FAT fs, fail here.  Note that the Smart Boot Manager
+-	 * Loader (SBML) signature indicates a partition table, not a file
+-	 * system.
++	/* If this is a FAT fs, fail here.  Checking for the FAT signature
++	 * has some false positives; instead, do what the Linux kernel does
++	 * and ensure that each partition has a boot indicator that is
++	 * either 0 or 0x80.
+ 	 */
+-	if ((!strncmp (part_table->boot_code + 0x36, "FAT", 3)
+-	    && strncmp (part_table->boot_code + 0x40, "SBML", 4) != 0)
+-	    || !strncmp (part_table->boot_code + 0x52, "FAT", 3))
+-		goto probe_fail;
++	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
++		if (part_table->partitions[i].boot_ind != 0
++		    && part_table->partitions[i].boot_ind != 0x80)
++			goto probe_fail;
++	}
+ 
+ 	/* If this is a GPT disk, fail here */
+ 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
diff --git a/parted.spec b/parted.spec
index a6d102e..a90e029 100644
--- a/parted.spec
+++ b/parted.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: The GNU disk partition manipulation program
 Name:    parted
 Version: 1.8.8
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Group:   Applications/System
 URL:     http://www.gnu.org/software/parted
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Patch3:  %{name}-1.8.8-manpage.patch
 Patch4:  %{name}-1.8.8-gcc-4.3.patch
 Patch5:  %{name}-1.8.8-nofixgpt.patch
 Patch6:  %{name}-1.8.8-alpha.patch
+Patch7:  %{name}-1.8.8-dospartrec.patch
 
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: e2fsprogs-devel
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ Parted library, you need to install this package.
 %patch4 -p1 -b .gcc43
 %patch5 -p1 -b .nofixgpt
 %patch6 -p1 -b .alpha
+%patch7 -p1 -b .dospartrec
 
 %build
 %configure --enable-device-mapper --enable-selinux --disable-static
@@ -117,6 +119,9 @@ fi
 %{_exec_prefix}/%{_lib}/pkgconfig/libparted.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 29 2008 Joel Granados <jgranado@redhat.com> - 1.8.8-6
+- Do a better job at recognizing the dos partition. (#246423)
+
 * Thu Apr 10 2008 David Cantrell <dcantrell@redhat.com> - 1.8.8-5
 - Allow RAID or LVM partition types on BSD disklabels.
   (jay.estabrook AT hp.com, #427114)